RCMP: The March West by Stenson, Fred (1999) Hardcover. Dieser Artikel ist nicht verfügbar.RCMP: The March West by Stenson, Fred (1999) Hardcover

The March West is a celebration in picture and story of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police on the occasion of the force's 125th year. Original images combine with the rich colour of modern paintings and photographs to breath new life into the story of the March West of 1874: the heroic and arduous trek that saw 275 recruits travel 800 miles of arid prairie in search of whisky traders who were fast destroying the traditions and livelihood of the Blackfoot Confederacy. The March was badly planned and orchestrated but the original force withstood bad water, hunger and exhaustion to achieve its objective. Three divisions under Colonel James F. Macleod stayed in the west and put an end to the killing traffic in whisky.

The March West follows Canada's mounted police through and beyond these founding moments. The text by author Fred Stenson traces the development of the force to the modern day. Smoothing the transition from buffalo prairie to agricultural settlement, policing construction of the railway through the Rocky Mountains, the Yukon gold rush, the courageous northern patrols that extended Canadian sovereignty into the High Arctic--the stories are here in word and picture: a colorful retracing of the paths by which the Canadian mountie became an international legend.

The colour photographs that beautify the pages of The March West were taken by the world renown Canadian photographer, John McQuarrie: many on the set of"The Great March," a two-hour television special produced by the GAPC Broadcast Entertainment Inc. of Ottawa, Canada, as part of the RCMP's 125th anniversary celebration. A final section of the book is devoted to "The Great March," featuring production stills by John McQuarrie taken on the motion picture set south of Lethbridge, Alberta.

The RCMP coffee table book is jacketed, a cloth bound hardcover. Dimensions are 12" x 9"(landscape)

Fred Stenson is a freelance film and video writer with over twenty years experience. He has written more than 130 produced films and videos, and eight published books of fiction and non- fiction. His recent television work includes: The Great March, a 2-hour special on the Canadian mounted police March West, produced by GAPC for History Television; and the second season (13 episodes) of World of Horses, with host John Scott, produced by White Iron Productions of Calgary for the Discovery Network (Canada). Other video credits include: Great Centennial Cattle Drive (White Iron, 1996) for which he won his second A.M.P.I.A. award for script- writing; Land of Hope (White Iron, 1995) seven short dramas based on Canada's immigration history; Search for a Western Song (CFCN, 1990) with Ian Tyson; and Landscapes, a seven- part film series including the award winning A Gentle Wilderness: Aspen Parkland. In print, Stenson is completing work on a novel of the Canadian fur trade, called The Trade. His published works include Teeth, humorous fiction about professional hockey, Working Without a Laugh Track, fiction about modern day relationships, and the non-fiction histories Rocky Mountain House (fur trade) and Waste to Wealth (oil and gas history). Stenson writes a humour column for Alberta Views magazine. He was raised on a cattle/grain mixed farm in southwestern Alberta and makes his home in Calgary.